Three influential organizations in the Bay of Fundy area, Cooke Aquaculture, the Atlantic Salmon Federation and Connors Bros. Clover Leaf Seafoods have each agreed to contribute toward the development of three large information panels that will tell their story to visitors to the new centre, which is expected to open to the public in summer, 2011.
Cooke Aquaculture contributing $25,000, The Atlantic Salmon Federation, contributing of $25,000 and Connors Bros. has contributed $20,000 to the new Discovery Centre.
The cost of the new centre is $8 million, with $5 million of that contributed from the federal and provincial governments and the remainder being raised by the Huntsman. With $1 million already raised through previous fundraising, the Seal the Deal campaign was launched in October to find the additional $2 million needed. That campaign has already reached the $600,000 mark, and efforts to reach the goal are ongoing.
